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"Cyberpunk worked when the Internet was in its hand-wound crystal radio phase, when you had to be a sort of hobbyist to do e-mail, and it all had a very steep learning curve. Those days are over."
- William Gibson
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| Placental Decanters | ||
| Perfect human bodies with control implants for remote use. |
| Where did that girl-body come from? P. Burke asks that too, dragging out the words. “They grow ’em,” Joe tells her. He couldn’t care less about the flesh department. “PDs. Placental decanters. Modified embryos, see? Fit the control implants in later. Without a Remote Operator it’s just a vegetable. Look at the feet—no callus at all.” (He knows because they told him.) “Oh ... oh, she’s incredible ...” “Yeah, a neat job. Want to try walking-talking mode today? You’re coming on fast.” |
| Technovelgy from The Girl Who Was Plugged In,
by James Tiptree, Jr.. Published by Doubleday in 1974 Additional resources -
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Compare to wimp from Millennium (1983) by John Varley.
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